Internal Legal Counsel | Financial Services

A well-established financial services platform is looking to appoint an experienced Internal Legal Counsel to join its Singapore office in a key standalone legal role supporting regional business operations.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded legal professional who enjoys working closely with management and business stakeholders across a broad spectrum of legal, regulatory and commercial matters within the financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft, review and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements, legal documentation and contracts
• Provide practical legal advice to management and business teams on corporate, employment and commercial matters
• Advise on legal and regulatory risks, while recommending commercially sound solutions and risk mitigation strategies
• Handle legal aspects of client agreements, disclosures and third-party vendor contracts
• Manage contractual relationships with service providers and external counterparties
• Support dispute resolution matters and ad-hoc legal projects where required
• Maintain proper custody and governance of executed agreements and legal documentation

Requirements:

• LLB qualification with approximately 8–10 years of relevant legal experience
• At least 5 years of experience within financial services, banking, securities or capital markets environment
• Strong knowledge of Singapore financial services regulations, including MAS and SGX frameworks
• Good understanding of the Securities and Futures Act and Singapore employment law
• Independent, meticulous and commercially pragmatic mindset
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• High level of integrity, professionalism and business partnering capability

Interested candidates may send an updated CV directly to:

📧 [email protected]

Referrals and recommendations within your network are also most welcome should the timing not be suitable personally.

Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Glenn Wong
Director – Financial Services
RevUp Consulting
EA License: 22S1193
EA Registration No: R11106685